if you breastfeed at night...

kgail11 · June 2011

I assume this will be a lot of us - so I hope to get a lot of responses!

If you nurse at night, do you feed on BOTH sides each feeding, or just one?

I've been doing just 1, because DD is seriously unconscious after just one side.. and I hate to wake her up, obviously. But last night I did BOTH sides, bc she wasn't asleep after one (which was rare), and she went 4 hours! Dunno if it was just coincidental.. but do you think it's worth it to try to rouse her awake after one side, to try to get both sides again?? I don't know.

kikis first · June 2011

I follow her lead. If she wakes after feeding on one side, then I will feed her on the other, but if she is seriously passed out, then I go ahead and let her sleep.

siajara · June 2011

I usually do just one, to try to make sure she is getting enough hindmilk (supposedly that can help them sleep longer too).

PAmiler82 · June 2011

Kiki's first:
I follow her lead. If she wakes after feeding on one side, then I will feed her on the other, but if she is seriously passed out, then I go ahead and let her sleep.

This.

Hard to say if it was coincidence or not that she slept longer after taking both sides. See if she does it again tonight!

willowprincess · June 2011

i do both sides. she usually falls asleep after one, but she wakes up when i switch her. i've found that she sleeps longer after doing both sides. i think because she's fuller. but i don't know if that's true for most babies or not.

MaggieB0406 · June 2011

DD just randomly has slept through the past few nights but before I would feed both sides. I'd do one side burp and then try to get hr to take the other side so she'd sleep longer.

GHBEA · June 2011

I usually do one side, then she sleeps for about 3.5 or 4 hours then I pump, she wakes up and nurses on the other side.

chayer227 · June 2011

I usually only nurse on one side, unless he's feeding more frequently/cluster feeding and I don't have time in between to "fill up" again.

RunningGal900 · June 2011

I almost exclusively feed off one side at each feeding, so I'm probably not much help. Personally, I wouldn't wake her. Once she is asleep, put her down. She probably wasn't asleep because she just happened to be hungrier last night than usual. Just my opinion - if I wake DS up at all, he is wide awake and we're up for ours.

ncbelle · June 2011

She only ever takes one side at a feeding so one side at night too.

schenkertobe · June 2011

I always feed on just one side, day and night.

vanfox · June 2011

Usually just one because he conks out so fast. On the couple of times he's still been awake enough for me to switch him, I haven't noticed him sleeping much longer. It might be worth it for you, though!

PartiallySunny · June 2011

I only ever feed from one side so my answer may not be relevant. If LO falls asleep before he is done with a full feeding, I wake him up. If during the day he feeds for 20 minutes that is what I expect at night.

Your LO may have slept longer because her belly was fuller than usual.

LadyXaverian · June 2011

Kiki's first:
I follow her lead. If she wakes after feeding on one side, then I will feed her on the other, but if she is seriously passed out, then I go ahead and let her sleep.

This.

Vespah · June 2011

When she was still waking up for her 2am feeding, she would only take one side, even though she would usually take both during the day. If she's falling asleep I wouldn't wake her up to try and give her more provided she had a good drain of the one side.

katlizabeth · June 2011

I typically feed both. She's usually asleep, but not in a deep sleep after one side, so I end up burping her and that usually stirs her enough to nurse (at least some) on the second side. I kind of feel the more she eats, the less soon she'll need to eat again!

FireInMyHeart615 · June 2011

One side usually does it!

supernic · June 2011

I always do both. If he's asleep after the first then I'll burp and change his diaper and then he always takes the second. Are you guys not changing diapers in the night? I couldn't do that, he's always soaked.

brunette mac · June 2011

I feed on one side per hr. My lo gets too much foremilk if i switch sides within the hr. He then has green poop, gassy and still hungry because he didnt eat enough fat.

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